Lot 120
120
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD, AMARANTH AND KINGWOOD MARQUETRY OCCASSIONAL-TABLE, the oval top inlaid with a central neo-classical urn flanked by husk-garlands and foliate arabesques within a stiff-leaf and crossbanded border, the panelled moulded ormolu band above a beaded panelled frieze with similar arabesques and on rosette-headed square tapering legs, brass caps and castors, branded to the underside 64981/43, restorations, late 18th Century

Details
A RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD, AMARANTH AND KINGWOOD MARQUETRY OCCASSIONAL-TABLE, the oval top inlaid with a central neo-classical urn flanked by husk-garlands and foliate arabesques within a stiff-leaf and crossbanded border, the panelled moulded ormolu band above a beaded panelled frieze with similar arabesques and on rosette-headed square tapering legs, brass caps and castors, branded to the underside 64981/43, restorations, late 18th Century
33½in. (85cm.) wide; 39in. (73.5cm.) high; 21½in. (55cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous Sale, Sotheby's London, 26 May 1989, lot 159

Lot Essay

A closely related table with inset verre egliomisé top, constructed in St. Petersburg circa 1790 and now in the Pavlosk Palace Museum, is illustrated in A. Cheneviére, Russian Furniture The Golden Age 1780-1840, London 1988, p.103, pl.84

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